AS/NZS 14763.3 Optical Fibre Testing Standard was published on Friday 3rd February 2017

Published on 7 February, 2017 - 11:15

AS/NZS 14763.3 was published on Friday 3rd February 2017.With the publication of AS/NZ 14763.3:2017 fibre testing, the requirements now align with current international standards.

Key elements of change from the previous version include

The relaxation for the optical attenuation allowance from 0.5 dB to 0.75 dB for reference to non-reference connectors for single mode

The relaxation for the optical attenuation allowance from 0.3 dB to 0.5 dB for reference to non-reference connectors for multimode

The removal of support for the previous three test cord referencing method

The previous three cord referencing method had more restrictive pass/fail requirements and could produce results with apparent gains

Introduction of the enhanced three test cord referencing method

Enhanced three test cord referencing method has the same pass/fail numbers as the one test cord referencing method

At time of referencing utilising the enhanced three test cord method, only one test cord is utilised to establish the reference (One test cord between the light source and the power meter).

After reference is set, the addition and testing of the substitution cord and/or tail cord is to have a maximum attenuation of two sets of reference connectors combined (0.20 dB max multimode, 0.40 dB singlemode)